Method of producing animated motion pictures

• US 3,085,877 A
• Filed: 06/10/1959
• Issued: 04/16/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1959
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert J. Reid
• Original Assignee: Robert J. Reid
• Inventors: Reid, Robert J.
• Application Number:
  US03/819,426
• Time in Patent Office: 1,406 Days
• US Class Current: 352/49
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 15/08 Trick photography
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/20 Paper fastener

Claims

1. A METHOD OF PRODUCING ANIMATED MOTION PICTURES, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF:

ARRANGING A SET OF OBJECTS TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED;

TREATING CERTAIN OF SAID OBJECTS TO EMIT VISIBLE LIGHT WHEN SUBJECTED TO AN INVISIBLE RADIATION WHILE THE REMAINING OBJECTS ARE DARK IN SAID INVISIBLE RADIATION;

ILLUMINATING SAID SET WITH VISIBLE LIGHT AND PHOTOGRAPHING THE SAME ON A STRIP OF MOVING PICTURE FILM SENSITIVE ONLY TO VISIBLE LIGHT;

EXTINGUISHING SAID VISIBLE LIGHT;

ILLIMINATING SAID SET WITH SAID INVISIBLE RADIATION;

AND REPHOTOGRAPHING SAID SET ON SAID SAME STRIP OF FILM WHILE MOVING SAID CERTAIN OBJECTS ABOUT SAID SET BY MEANS WHICH ARE DARK IN SAID INVISIBLE RADIATION WHEREBY, IN THE FINISHED FILM STRIP SAID CERTAIN OBJECTS APPEAR TO MOVE UNAIDED ABOUT SAID SET UNDER VISIBLE ILLUMINATION.